By contrast, an official token, or in-game credit, in “WoW” is worth $20. Tokens also are sold to other players for gold, and their value changes through worldwide auctions. According to a WoW token price tracker, a token is currently worth 201,707 pieces of virtual gold.

Which means a single dollar trades to 10,085 gold pieces in WoW. This makes the fake money used in Azeroth, the mythical world of the game, about 6.8 times more valuable than the Venezuelan bolivar.

More than a year ago, one US dollar went for about 3,100 bolivares. Since then, the bolivar has lost 98% of its value.

In response Venezuela’s government launched the world’s first sovereign cryptocurrency, the petro, in February. One token cost $60. The petro can only be bought with other world currencies, and it’s unclear how investors will be able to sell it.